dpayne7571

Hi everyone! I’ve been in the hunt for a used S560 for awhile, then the W223 grew on me, but after reading all the horror stories, I’ve moved back over to finding a clean 2020. I found one nearby with 45k miles, CPO, White, AMG, 19in wheels, RWD, package, P1, and distronic package and a few cosmetic accessories listed at 56k. Is this a decent price as I saw the Mercedes dealer bought it from the MB auction. Thanks for any input.

Merserybenze

Thats not bad.

dpayne7571

Thanks and I felt the same way since no accidents and clean.

S_W222

I think that's a fair price. A few months ago (~6 months) I sold my fully loaded 2018 with ~150K MSRP, ~39K miles, for $64K!. I know market has shifted since then, but the price of these cars really depend on the options. For a 2020 with that mileage but not not much options, that's probably too much in today's market or at least neither bad nor good deal. It's just fine. If you were the owner and trading it now, you'd probably get mid to high 40s for that car, so you can negotiate for low 50s especially that it came from an auction.

If money isn't an issue, and assuming S-class is your only options, I'd pump that budget to the and get a pre-owned W223 instead regardless of the horror exaugurated stories online (it's still an S-class after-all).

dpayne7571

Thanks for that info. Yes, the market has definitely softened in the car market. I wish this car was AWD and had exclusive nappa, but this will not be my main car so I can deal with RWD. As I love new models exterior only, the used prices are still close to 90k-100k loaded and hard to find w/20 inch wheels. Everyone says stay away from ‘21 due to potholes and I have quite a few potholes where I live. Sticker is 119,800k.

Barry Hanna

I have a 2020 S560 and I think it’s a terrific car. I’ve always had good luck buying the last run of a model series. Buy that time they’ve worked out most of the bugs. Drive the car, it will “talk” to you.

S_W222

Last time I seriously looked at the W223 market was 6-7 months ago. I think they were in the 90-100K also at that time. Based on what you just said, it's interesting that the W223 prices haven't dropped at all since then. I'd certainly avoid the 21" AMG wheels... Even the 20" wheels suck (same is true for the W222).

Tom in Austin

Agree, mid 50s for a '20 with reasonable miles is a good buy!

SW20S

The 20s are fine on the W223, tire sidewalls are about the same as a W222 on 19s.

dpayne7571

I agree, hard to even find CPO's anymore for W222's. This car actually has 19in AMG wheels. I figured I get a lot more bang for my buck driving a 2020 vs a cpo '22 and I can wait 3-4 more years and let these W223's keep depreciating before I step into one.

S_W222

If that’s true, that’s a very good point.

SW20S

Its true, I've done the math

will_atl

A few weeks ago I bought a CPO 2020 S450 with very low mileage for over $60k, so mid 50s for a 560 sounds like a deal.
I had 20” rims on my last w222, and given the choice I would have gone for 19s this time around, but the car came with 20s. I live in Atlanta and my last car was a local trade, we have good roads, but 3 of the 4 wheels had been repaired, I actually had to replace one because it had been repaired so many times.

dpayne7571

That’s so interesting as you would think 20s would be a safe wheel for these cars. The 19s look just okay, but the 20s look great! Going to put an eye on the car on Wednesday and if no issues then I’ll make the purchase.

carlosinseattle

You always have the option of buying aftermarket 20" forged wheels, you'll have a much smaller chance of wheels bending or cracking with a forged wheel. And if a forged wheel does gets bent it's easier to get a great result when straightening.

JohnLane

OP... Rear drive S560.... Airmatic or Magic Body Control? If MBC it is a winner.

dpayne7571

It’s 4Matic, unfortunately no MBC. Wish I could experience the MBC, but not a lot of RWD around me.

SilberGrau57

I like to search, https://www.mbusa.com/en/cpo, for nationwide CPO cars ... it will give you a larger view of the "market"

Tom in Austin

That's a useful link, but boy are they proud of some of those cars! Saw a 29K mile 2020 asking $ 74k!

dpayne7571

UPDATE! Test drove the car today and fell in love it, much nicer than my 2013 S550 in so many ways, BUT the car had a horrible smell to it which smelled musty. I thought it may of been the atomizer, but not sure. Told dealer the smell turned me off so I walked away. He said he would have shop try to get rid of the smell. I told him to call me if they could. Could be the AC lines, but they had the windows down on car in front entrance waiting for me so I feel they were trying to even air it out. Now I know I want this year, so back to searching again!

Tom in Austin

Bad smells are a deal-killer. Almost impossible to completely eliminate from a car, I'd keep looking!

Barry Hanna

About six months ago I THOUGHT I had found the perfect car. 2020, S560, all the options including MBC, Heads Up, Night Vision, black exterior, brown interior, 19” wheels on Michelin’s and 2,400 miles! Also a local car sold by my dealer and a personal knowledge of why the low mileage. I drove it in the early morning and it was perfect, not a flaw. I told the dealer it was sold and I’d be back later to do the paperwork. Now, I’ve know these guys since 1982, bought probably over 30 cars for the family at one time or another. Now, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story. The dealer calls me after a few hours and says I need to drive the car again in the afternoon. Well, after it had set in the sun for a few hours, when I opened the door the cigarette smell was overwhelming. I said, “well you can fix that.” He said there was no way and I appreciated his honesty. I happened to know a fellow who smoked and told him to go buy the car. I told the dealer to knock off $5,000 and he did and my friend bought the car. With all the stories about smoke remediation via ozone generators, etc. none of them work long term.

dpayne7571

Thanks for the heads up. There’s a reason the price was pretty good on this CPO car. Other than smell, it was immaculate for 45k miles.

WRC-LVR

Smell would have been a deal breaker for me.....Too difficult to get rid of and my wife woulda killed me if i even considered such a car.

NbyNW

Smell is a definite deal breaker, years ago mid 2000s my MB dealer bought an M5 at auction, the good ones 2002 or 2003, I went to drive it and it was a smokers cars. They had their ozone machine in it for days and nothing. They sent it back to Mannheim.